Nine startups competed to become the winner of Startup Weekend Chandler. Startup Weekend is an entrepreneurial event where anyone can come and pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from peers. Teams organically form around the top ideas (as determined by popular vote) and then it’s a 54 hour whirlwind of business model creation, coding, designing, … Read more
Calling all entrepreneurs! If you’ve always wanted to start your own business but aren’t sure how, now is your chance to get together with local startups to form teams, learn new skills, and share ideas. Startup Weekend Chandler will take place Friday evening, November 15 through Sunday evening, November 17, 2013 at Gangplank Chandler. “Startup … Read more
Our audience is still pumped up from the last FLF talk with Brian Mohr, COO and co-founder of Y Scouts, who inspired and energized the audience with his talk “Building Purposeful Companies.” Mohr motivated the audience to find their “Y” and purpose in the workplace, and shared how to incorporate a purpose-driven recruiting process into … Read more
Named one of the “Coolest College Startups in America” by Inc. Magazine, named one of the top five Facebook pages for Small Businesses in the world by Social Media Examiner, recognized by national news media for their epicness, two-time ASU Edson Student Entrepreneurship Initiative award winner and now a MAC6 incubee, founder and president Will … Read more
With basketball season underway, founders of Shooters Revolution, Kingsley Costain, Michael Johnson and Ryan Holmes came together to create revolutionary technology that teaches you the proper shooting technique during a game. Their EVO ONE ball acts as a coach, using modern technology (a removable chip) to measure the shooter’s motion, emitting an audible tone when … Read more
When Jon Thomas founded CleanASpace it was in response to potential clients looking for cleaning services over the phone. While some of these people were just price shopping, others just didn’t want to deal with the upfront “work” that was required to find the right cleaning company. Thomas also learned that not all potential clients … Read more
The Arizona Technology Council will be hosting the state’s first ever Startup Connect AZ 2013. This high-energy conference will focus on stimulating Arizona’s expanding startup community and funding the ecosystem to increase economic growth. It will be a full day of education, networking, and a discussion of a variety of topics revolving around technology, entrepreneurship, mentorship, … Read more
Ever wanted to hang out with friends, but weren’t sure who was available? Instead of sending out that dreaded mass text, Stephen Ost, founder of Ufree, wants to make it even easier to find out which of your friends are available to hang out the moment you open the app. Ost is a graduate of … Read more
FLF is back in full swing for the month of September! Last month’s FLF kicked off with speaker Thom Brodeur, executive vice president of venture management at Tallwave, who spoke about how Arizona’s entrepreneurial ecosystem can help the state compete on a global stage by taking innovations all the way to commercialization, faster and with … Read more
Chris Petroff, the co-founder of SEED SPOT, will be stepping down to pursue other ventures-the location is undisclosed at this time. Petroff is known for being a strong advocate for the entrepreneurship community and told AZTB that he will continue to nurture Arizona entrepreneurship. In December of 2011, Chris and co-founder Courtney Klein Johnson dreamed … Read more